Miss Elizabeth
Elizabeth Olsen started dancing when she was three years old. She has trained in many styles
of dance, including tap, hip-hop, jazz and musical theatre. She is currently teaching numerous
classes in all age ranges at The Heart of Dance Studio under instruction from Deb
Stachniak and has recently joined Movement Dance Studio as a senior instructor focusing on tap and
inclusive movement. Elizabeth has plenty of tap history knowledge and has five years of experience
of sharing this knowledge with the next generation of upcoming tap and hip-hop dancers
. She has recently graduated from Concordia University of Edmonton with a Bachelor of Arts
with a Psychology concentration and will be returning in the fall to the Elementary Education
After Degree Program.
Elizabeth has had plenty of performing experience, some of which include The Next
Steps production “For the Love of Tap” in 2015. The Next Steps was an advanced tap technique and
professional development program founded by Jenna Werhun. In this program, Elizabeth
learned many essential skills, such as running a class by being given the opportunity to teach her
peers as well as choreograph and perform an original piece for the first time. A few major dance accomplishments
in her dance career include being part of the Senior Elite Tap Team at Power
house Dance for three consecutive years, where she had the chance to work with choreographers such
as Travis Kights, Brock Jellison and Jason Marquette. In addition to this, Elizabeth travelled to
Las Vegas, Nevada, in July of 2017 with her elite team for the Velocity Dance Convention season
finale, where she took classes from a wide array of professional dancers. Throughout her dance
career, Elizabeth has had the honour to take classes from many brilliant dancers including
Mark Goodman, Zack Everhart, Roxanne Butterfly, Max Pollak, Alexander Chung,
Eddie “Neptrune” Eskridge, and Stephen “tWitch’ Boss, just to name a few.